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Cape Town Road Trip, Klein Karoo, Karoo & Free State, January & February 2021

May 8, 2021 by 1 Comment
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Cape Town Road Trip, Klein Karoo, Karoo & Free State - January & February 2021

ROAD TRIP ON THE DIAGONAL – PHASE 5

HOME, VIA THE KLEIN KAROO, KAROO AND THE FREE STATE

It has taken me some time to pen the words to this, the final phase of our epic road trip from the Lowveld to Cape Town and back.

The reason is that I lost all the RAW images of the trip and subsequently my mojo for travel writing.  The suspected cause is badly co-ordinated interaction between a pet, myself, my laptop and its recycle bin.

Let me pontificate on this:

  • Ensure regular back-ups of treasured electronic data on your electronic devices;
  • Do not leave your laptop open, on, with a file selected, and leave the room;
  • Do not blindly empty your recycle bin every time you notice something in it, even if you are an OCD, minimalist, perfectionist Virgo.

Anyway, my mojo is back, and I’ll be recovering images from posts on Gesigsboek.  Please excuse the reduced quality of posted pics.

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Camping - Educational - Gauteng - Mpumalanga - Northern Cape Province - Northwest Province - South Africa - Southern Africa - Tourist Attraction

Richtersveld National Park, September 2019

September 29, 2019 by
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19 August 2019

An unexpected visit from a friend from far away resulted in an opportunity to remove a green pin from our travel board. A green pin on the board indicates where we still want to make landfall and plant the Two Travelling Twits flag.

Jenny, a friend and ex-colleague from Stellenbosch popped in for a visit in March 2019, bringing with her the news of a planned group trip to the Richtersveld in September 2019. A throwaway remark contained an invitation for the Twits to join the jaunt. This invitation was leapt upon with alacrity, without any consideration of possible impediments in the way of such a trip – for us, from east to west right across the northern part of South Africa.

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Camping - Educational - Kruger National Park - Limpopo - South Africa - Southern Africa - Tourist Attraction

Thulamela Archaeological Site, Kruger National Park, August 2019

August 19, 2019 by
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19 August 2019

That damn bucket list!  It just gets longer and longer no matter how many fabulous experiences we mark as done.

A major tick was our August 2019 visit to the Thulamela Archaeological Site in the northern Kruger National Park.  A previous attempt ended in a dead end at a closed road on the day before we were due to head south to another camp, which required an early start.

Careful research revealed that we needed a guide and that the tour only takes place if there are four or more participants.  With this information safely stored in the back of our minds we were delighted to make friends with two people with the same item on their bucket list and some free time available to share a trip to the park.

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